Could you please explain why it is:
"j'ai descendu les escaliers deux fois"
when "descendre" is an "être verb"?
Also could you please translate the following sentence?
"vous êtes-vous écrit tout les jours?"
Does it mean:
"have you written yourself(each other) every day?"
Thank you

Thank you, but what I meant is why is it
"j'ai descendu" and not "je suis descendu" (since descendre is an être verb).
And for the second sentence: why wouldn't "do you write everyday" - as you suggest that the translation is - be translated: écrivez-vous chaque jour?
why would it be: vous êtes-vous écrit touts les jours??????????????

Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. Of the verbs that usually take être in the passé composé, some of them may be used "transitively" (with a direct object). In that case, they are conjugated with avoir.
Il a rentré sa voiture au garage. = He put his car back into the garage.
Elle a sorti le rôti du four. = She took the roast out of the oven.
J'ai monté l'escalier à toute vitesse. = I went up the stairway as fast as possible.
N'ont-ils pas encore descendu les bagages? = Haven't they brought down the luggage yet?

The other sentence "Vous êtes-vous écrit tous (note spelling error) les jours?" = Did you write (Have you written) to yourself every day? (if "vous" is singular and form al) OR "Did you write (Have you written) to each other every day?" (the "vous" is plural = you-all) It is more likely to be the 2nd translation.

That's pretty much the best explanation- that it is an etre verb. It's like math. It just is. There's no good explanation for it, at least none I know of. I'm slightly confused on the last part. I've never seen a sentence or question with "vous etes-vous"...

It is - 50 question in all; I got 48 out of 50 ( I missed those two I asked about.)

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